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Water crisis: Preserving fresh water sources is crucial to survival
Water crisis: Preserving fresh water sources is crucial to survival | Sustainability | GZERO Live

Water crisis: Preserving fresh water sources is crucial to survival

Over 70% of the Earth's surface is covered in water, but less than 0.02% is fresh water in lakes and rivers. An even smaller fraction of that fresh surface water is safe for humans to consume and farm. Still, according to Brian Richter, President of Sustainable Waters, humans are drawing too heavily on those resources without allowing replenishment.

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